Scientific Name: Goodenia humilis

Common Name: swamp native-primrose

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Goodeniaceae

Form Description: Dwarf, tufting perennial herb which suckers from a slender branched rhizome.

Height (m): 0.05 – 0.1

Flowers: Flowers of 1.5 cm across are yellow, sometimes solitary, and profuse.

Fruit: Woody capsule – 3–4 mm long, ovoid. Seeds yellow-brown, pitted, wing vestigial.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayLauncestonMeander ValleyWest Coast
Plant Communities
HeathRiparianSedgeland and WetlandWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Sandy flats near the coast in the north and on the Central Plateau at altitudes of about 800m.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method

Seed Information

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate by division of rhizomes.